Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly considering using a closed Hudson Valley prison to house migrants seeking asylum who have been shipped to the area by Southern Republican performance artists in their state’s governorship, Politico reports.
Texas’s Greg Abbott and Florida’s Ron DeSantis make a point of targeting perceived liberal hubs to ship migrants to, an effort to embarrass Democratic leaders. But those destinations don’t typically have the capacity to handle an influx of migrants, nor do they get the federal funds for immigration the Red states do. Adams has already shifted some of the migrants to nearby suburban counties, but may use the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill and unused campus housing at SUNY New Paltz.
Adams was recently booted off Joe Biden’s campaign list of official surrogates after criticizing the immigration policy of the administration.